United Kingdom, July 7 -- Woody Allen's second wife Louise Lasser has died aged 87.

The actress - most famous for starring in soap opera parody Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - passed away at her home in Manhattan on Monday (06Jul26) from natural causes, her friend Susan Charlotte told The Hollywood Reporter.

Lasser first began her work with Allen in 1962 on the pilot of sitcom The Laughmakers, which he wrote, but the episode ended up going unaired.

She had a guest role on daytime drama The Doctors in 1965, before taking on an uncredited part in What's New Pussycat?.

Her collaboration with Allen continued on his 1966 movie debut What's Up, Tiger Lily?, before Lasser went on to star in the director's films Take the Money and Run in 1969, B...